Designing a Model for Creating a Learning Organization Case Study: Islamic Azad University, Ardebil Branch

Subject Areas : Business Management

Shahram Mirzaee Daryani ¹ , Farzad Sattari ² , Bahman Shareghi ³

1 - Associate Professor, Department of Management, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardebil, Iran
2 - Islamic Azad University, Ardebil Branch, Management Group, Ardebil, Iran
3 - Student of Islamic Azad University, Ardebil Branch

Received: 2011-04-08 Accepted : 2011-11-17 Published : 2011-12-22

Keywords: Organizational Learning, Learning Organization, Organizational learning measurement, Organizational learning management,

Abstract :

In the wisdom orientation era, building a learning organization as an effective plan to earn competitive advantage is a new approach that is observed frequently in management references. In these organizations two elements, human and knowledge, have a vital role. On these grounds, building or development of organizational learning process is the most important process, the process that causes the increase in employees' knowledge, their and organization's development and changing the organization to a dynamic and excellent system. Therefore, it is necessary to use the necessary tools for measuring organizational learning. Following this will be the necessary procedures for building or developing organizational learning. In this research Armstrong-Foley questionnaire has been used for measuring the organizational learning process with the goal of transferring Islamic Azad University, Ardabil Branch to a learning organization. The hypotheses have been planned in accordance with the four basic elements of the questionnaire. The statistical analysis of the hypotheses, based on the inferential tests X2 one dimension, T-test and Friedman, show that this university has begun the trend of transforming to a learning organization, but it encounters obstacles in the dimension of transforming learning to practice. Suggestions mostly have been presented for changing learning to practice.  

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